The Secret Admirer engagement barns and fields

barns and fields

Pitcher has holes in the bottom

The front (or top) is made from 507 pieces of fabric

2 1/2” across x 1 1/2” high

Dear Alice… what lovely missives were penned a century ago

The Secret Admirer engagement barns and fieldsI have saved this beautiful, gilt, Florentine triptych for a while. Finally, I decided to use it for a love token. The heart and cuff are made from aged, stained, watercolored paper. I used an old brown dust cover paper off an antique print for the hand. The background paper is from a 19th century French letter. The tiny ring is a shimmering gold metallic dot on a narrow band. It was cut from paper that was on the back of a Florentine picture frame.